feat(chrome): Allow manual device connections

src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/chromecast.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ export interface ChromecastData extends CommonSourceData {
      * */
     useAvahi?: boolean
 
+    /**
+     * Use mDNS to discovery Google Cast devices on your next automatically?
+     *
+     * If not explicitly set then it is TRUE if `devices` is not set
+     * */
+    useAutoDiscovery?: boolean | undefined
+
+    /**
+     * A list of Google Cast devices to monitor
+     *
+     * If this is used then `useAutoDiscovery` is set to FALSE, if not explicitly set
+     * */
+    devices?: {
+       name: string
+       address: string
+    }[]
+
     /**
      * Chromecast Apps report a "media type" in the status info returned for whatever is currently playing
      *
@@ -63,6 +80,17 @@ export interface ChromecastData extends CommonSourceData {
     forceMediaRecognitionOn?: string[]
 }
 
+export interface ChromecastDeviceInfo {
+    /**
+     * A friendly name to identify this device
+     * */
+    name: string
+    /**
+     * The IP address of the device
+     * */
+    address: string
+}
+
 export interface ChromecastSourceConfig extends CommonSourceConfig {
     data: ChromecastData
 }

src/backend/common/schema/aio-source.json

@@ -61,6 +61,28 @@
                     ],
                     "title": "blacklistDevices"
                 },
+                "devices": {
+                    "description": "A list of Google Cast devices to monitor\n\nIf this is used then `useAutoDiscovery` is set to FALSE, if not explicitly set",
+                    "items": {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "address": {
+                                "title": "address",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            },
+                            "name": {
+                                "title": "name",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "required": [
+                            "address",
+                            "name"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "title": "devices",
+                    "type": "array"
+                },
                 "forceMediaRecognitionOn": {
                     "description": "Media provided by any App whose name is listed here will ALWAYS be tracked, regardless of the \"media type\" reported\n\nApps will be recognized if they CONTAIN any of these values, case-insensitive",
                     "items": {
@@ -105,6 +127,11 @@
                     "description": "Set thresholds for when multi-scrobbler should consider a tracked play to be \"scrobbable\". If both duration and percent are defined then if either condition is met the track is scrobbled.",
                     "title": "scrobbleThresholds"
                 },
+                "useAutoDiscovery": {
+                    "description": "Use mDNS to discovery Google Cast devices on your next automatically?\n\nIf not explicitly set then it is TRUE if `devices` is not set",
+                    "title": "useAutoDiscovery",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "useAvahi": {
                     "default": false,
                     "description": "Try to use Avahi and avahi-browse to resolve mDNS devices instead of native mDNS querying\n\nUseful for docker (alpine) container where mDNS resolution is not yet supported. Avahi socket must be exposed to the container and avahi-tools must be installed.",

src/backend/common/schema/aio.json

@@ -61,6 +61,28 @@
                     ],
                     "title": "blacklistDevices"
                 },
+                "devices": {
+                    "description": "A list of Google Cast devices to monitor\n\nIf this is used then `useAutoDiscovery` is set to FALSE, if not explicitly set",
+                    "items": {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "address": {
+                                "title": "address",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            },
+                            "name": {
+                                "title": "name",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "required": [
+                            "address",
+                            "name"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "title": "devices",
+                    "type": "array"
+                },
                 "forceMediaRecognitionOn": {
                     "description": "Media provided by any App whose name is listed here will ALWAYS be tracked, regardless of the \"media type\" reported\n\nApps will be recognized if they CONTAIN any of these values, case-insensitive",
                     "items": {
@@ -105,6 +127,11 @@
                     "description": "Set thresholds for when multi-scrobbler should consider a tracked play to be \"scrobbable\". If both duration and percent are defined then if either condition is met the track is scrobbled.",
                     "title": "scrobbleThresholds"
                 },
+                "useAutoDiscovery": {
+                    "description": "Use mDNS to discovery Google Cast devices on your next automatically?\n\nIf not explicitly set then it is TRUE if `devices` is not set",
+                    "title": "useAutoDiscovery",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "useAvahi": {
                     "default": false,
                     "description": "Try to use Avahi and avahi-browse to resolve mDNS devices instead of native mDNS querying\n\nUseful for docker (alpine) container where mDNS resolution is not yet supported. Avahi socket must be exposed to the container and avahi-tools must be installed.",

src/backend/common/schema/source.json

@@ -108,6 +108,28 @@
                     ],
                     "title": "blacklistDevices"
                 },
+                "devices": {
+                    "description": "A list of Google Cast devices to monitor\n\nIf this is used then `useAutoDiscovery` is set to FALSE, if not explicitly set",
+                    "items": {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "address": {
+                                "title": "address",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            },
+                            "name": {
+                                "title": "name",
+                                "type": "string"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "required": [
+                            "address",
+                            "name"
+                        ],
+                        "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    "title": "devices",
+                    "type": "array"
+                },
                 "forceMediaRecognitionOn": {
                     "description": "Media provided by any App whose name is listed here will ALWAYS be tracked, regardless of the \"media type\" reported\n\nApps will be recognized if they CONTAIN any of these values, case-insensitive",
                     "items": {
@@ -152,6 +174,11 @@
                     "description": "Set thresholds for when multi-scrobbler should consider a tracked play to be \"scrobbable\". If both duration and percent are defined then if either condition is met the track is scrobbled.",
                     "title": "scrobbleThresholds"
                 },
+                "useAutoDiscovery": {
+                    "description": "Use mDNS to discovery Google Cast devices on your next automatically?\n\nIf not explicitly set then it is TRUE if `devices` is not set",
+                    "title": "useAutoDiscovery",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
                 "useAvahi": {
                     "default": false,
                     "description": "Try to use Avahi and avahi-browse to resolve mDNS devices instead of native mDNS querying\n\nUseful for docker (alpine) container where mDNS resolution is not yet supported. Avahi socket must be exposed to the container and avahi-tools must be installed.",

src/backend/sources/ChromecastSource.ts

@@ -91,15 +91,30 @@ export class ChromecastSource extends MemorySource {
 
         const {
             data: {
-                useAvahi = parseBool(process.env.IS_DOCKER)
+                useAvahi = parseBool(process.env.IS_DOCKER),
+                useAutoDiscovery,
+                devices = []
             } = {}
         } = this.config;
 
-        if(useAvahi) {
-            await this.discoverAvahi();
-        } else {
-            await this.discoverNative();
+        let ad = useAutoDiscovery;
+        if(ad === undefined) {
+            ad = devices.length === 0;
+        }
+        if(devices.length > 0) {
+            for(const device of devices) {
+                await this.initializeDevice({name: device.name, addresses: [device.address], type: 'googlecast'});
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(ad) {
+            if(useAvahi) {
+                await this.discoverAvahi();
+            } else {
+                await this.discoverNative();
+            }
         }
+
         this.initialized = true;
         return true;
     }